John Hurt was in over 100 films (including “some stinkers”, as he cheerfully admitted) and played a huge range of characters: from the pathos of John Merrick in The Elephant Man to the schlock ...

From the moment John Hurt first set foot in Ireland, he felt a strong affinity to it - he felt that it was his home. Equipped with a family tale that his great grandmother, Emma Stafford ...

Mississippi John Hurt (1893–1966) offered his own brand of the blues, thanks to his gentle vocals and unique syncopated fingerpicking style. Yet, he didn’t find success until the final years of his ...